Stephenson unexpectedly became an unrestricted free agent last week when the Pacers declined his $4.3 million team option.

When you were with the Cardinals, your title was director of scouting and development, which is a very common thing. But when you Womens Jimmy Butler Jersey think about it, scouting and development are pretty different processes identifying talent and developing talent. It seems like a lot more attention is paid to the scouting part of it in terms of coverage. But it’s one thing to find Correa and Springer and Bregman, but to hit on them, you’ve got to develop them, too, and for those guys, it happened so fast that here we are: You’re the champs and young enough to improve from within. How tough was it to implement your development operations while at the same time building the scouting when you were growing the farm system?

But it appears the same cannot be said for southern California. According to Yahoo’s LeBron Tracker, the NBA’s most in-demand free agent arrived Saturday in SoCal on a private jet. ESPN is on his trail, too.

And if that’s not enough proof, there are pictures of The King.

Not a good sign for the Cavaliers? That’s one way to read it. But it’s also very early in the process.

The Cavaliers already know James is opting out of the final season of his contract; that was communicated to them Friday morning. And although the two sides have been in touch since the Cavs were swept by the Warriors in the NBA Finals, no face-to-face meeting is imminent. Rich Paul, James’ agent, will conduct business by phone, ESPN reported.